Baldwin Wallace University
PA-8: Affordability and Access

https://www.bw.edu/news/2016/affordable-excellence

Baldwin Wallace University continues to earn high marks for affordable excellence in rankings designed to help families find the right college fit. The latest publication to highlight BW’s distinctive blend of superior academics, affordability and outcomes for graduates is Kiplinger's "300 Best College Values for 2016," which features schools that meet specific quality and cost measures.

The editors note that all of the schools in Kiplinger’s rankings “offer generous need-based financial aid—often reducing the average price to about half of the published sticker price. Many also offer non-need-based aid (sometimes called merit aid), further reducing costs.”

ON MANY MEASURES: BW OFFERS THE ‘BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK’
A number of other additional college guides have applauded BW for affordability and educational quality.

Washington Monthly’s “America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges” says its rankings reward colleges that “perform well on access, affordability, and completion metrics."

Educate To Career, Inc. (ETC) College Rankings Index places BW as number one in Ohio and 58th among nearly 1,200 colleges nationwide on a list recognizing college value and return on investment as viewed through the lens of earnings and employability for graduates.

Best Value Schools' "30 Best Value Colleges and Universities in Ohio" calls its list “a premier selection of universities to help get you started on your search for an education in Ohio.”

College Factual finds that BW’s “quality of education, combined with its overall low net price, delivers students a good value for the money when compared to other colleges and universities nationwide… placing [BW] in the top 20% overall.”

Great Value Colleges "50 Great Affordable Colleges for Art and Music" notes "The below-average private school tuition makes BW a great deal for an excellent education at an affordable price."
FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION GUARANTEE
A number of the college selection sites also give BW high marks for the Four-Year Graduation Guarantee, noting that students who take longer than four years to finish college pay more in tuition and lost career earnings.

FINANCIAL COUNSELING THAT GOES “ABOVE AND BEYOND”
Meanwhile, BW also earns high marks for the counseling it provides students and families as they explore and prepare to execute a sound financial plan for college.

One key for families considering federal student loans to finance a portion of tuition is the ability of the university to produce employment outcomes for graduates that support repayment. BW’s low 3.3% three-year federal loan default rate speaks to that question.

College financial firm, TG, in consultation with the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), conducted a study on the effectiveness of federal student loan counseling at colleges and universities. The resulting report, Above and Beyond: What Eight Colleges are Doing to Improve Student Loan Counseling, highlights innovative programs by a small number of institutions, including BW, that have proven to be especially successful.

BW’s financial literacy education focuses on small, in-person sessions, course integration and outreach events that take place from a student’s entrance all the way through graduation.

“When done intently, [student loan counseling] can produce a potentially clarifying and empowering experience,” TG notes in its executive summary. “The schools highlighted in this report have chosen to make extra efforts to make loan counseling more meaningful and effective.

A2BW

If a student has earned an associates degree from any regionally accredited college or university, the A2BW program (associate to bachelors) recognizes all the credit the student earned in seeking the associate degree and sets the student on a direct path to completing the bachelors degree.

A2BW PATHWAYS FOR TRI-C STUDENTS
A2BW Pathways are curriculum guides that have been approved by both BW and Tri-C to show applicants how courses in various Tri-C associate degree programs can maximize degree requirements at BW in a variety of different majors.

QUALIFYING ASSOCIATE DEGREES
Qualifying associate degrees must be earned from a regionally accredited college or university in the United States in one of these degree areas:

BW's Office of Adult, Transfer, and Military Services provides significant assistance to students from non-traditional backgrounds. For instance, BW provides an Associates to Bachelor's degree program (A2BW) designed specifically to ease the transition process for students. More infomation is avaiable able: https://www.bw.edu/undergraduate-admission/adult/a2bw/.

Associate of Arts
Associate of Science
Associate of Applied Business
Associate of Applied Science
Associate degrees affiliated with an apprenticeship program do not qualify for the A2BW program.

CHOOSE ANY MAJOR AND MINOR AT BW
Baldwin Wallace University offers more than 50 majors and minors leading to B.A., B.S., B.S.Ed. and B.M. degrees. Some BW programs may require that A2BW students complete additional requirements beyond the minimum 62 credits (for example, athletic training, exercise science, conservatory of music majors, education majors, and other majors that may lead to professional certification or licensure).

GUARANTEED JUNIOR STANDING AT BALDWIN WALLACE
A maximum of 62 credits transfer to BW from two year colleges for an associate degree. A2B students work with a BW academic advisor to plan their remaining coursework toward graduation.

COLLEGE CREDIT PLUS (CCP)
If an A2B student has earned an associate degree while still in high school as a College Credit Plus/dual enrollment student, the student will receive credit for college classes as determined by the A2BW program, but you will enroll at BW as a first-year student and will be required to take FYE-100 (first-year experience). CCP/dual enrollment students must have earned a cumulative 2.5 GPA in their college coursework to qualify for A2BW.

TRANSFER EQUIVALENCIES
All course equivalencies in the associate degree program will transfer to BW toward major, minor and core requirements.

REDUCED CORE REQUIREMENTS
Using the Ohio Transfer Module as a guide, A2BW students must have a minimum 24 transferable credits from these disciplines: English, mathematics, arts/humanities, social and behavioral sciences and natural sciences. If your associate degree does not include 24 credits from these areas, a BW academic advisor will help plan whether it's best to complete the remaining credits at Baldwin Wallace or before transferring.

Total number of students in the entering 2016-2017 class: 705
Total number of Pell Grant recipients in the entering class: 261

For more information, please visit: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=201195#finaid